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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
Until the introduction of self-service around 1970, service station workers in the Nordic countries were exposed to gasoline vapors. Based on measurements reported in the literature, the 8-hour time-weighted average benzene exposure was estimated to be in the range of 0.5-1 mg/m3. We studied the cancer incidence in a cohort of 19,000 service station workers from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. They were identified from the 1970 censuses and followed through 20 years, where 1,300 incident cancers were observed. National incidence rates were used for comparison. The incidence was not increased for leukemia (observed = 28, standardized incidence ratio (SIR) = 0.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.6-1.3) not for acute myeloid leukemia (observed = 13, SIR = 1.3, 95% CI 0.7-2.1). The incidence was slightly elevated for kidney cancer observed = 57, SIR = 1.3, 95% CI 1.0-1.7) and for pharyngeal, laryngeal, and lung cancer. A 3.5-fold risk of nasal cancer was found (observed = 12, SIR = 3.5, 95% CI 1.8-6.1). This cohort exposed to gasoline vapors with benzene levels estimated to be 0.5-1 mg/m3 showed no excess risk of leukemia or acute myeloid leukemia, a 30% elevated risk of kidney cancer, and a previously unnoticed risk of nasal cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
449-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Air Pollutants, Occupational, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Confidence Intervals, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Denmark, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Environmental Monitoring, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Gasoline, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Kidney Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Leukemia, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Nose Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Occupational Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Respiratory Tract Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Sex Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:9048519-Volatilization
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Risk of cancer and exposure to gasoline vapors.
pubmed:affiliation
Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't